A labour hire employee removed from a client site due to complaints about "gossiping" could have received better treatment but ultimately wasn't unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. read more
It's "inevitable" that restraint disputes will continue to rise given the current market, and a new ruling provides some important insights as to how courts will adjudicate them, says industry advisor Martin Richardson. read more
A recruitment company and host employer have been fined for "overt and serious" discrimination after knocking back a 70-year-old job applicant. read more
A former HiTech account manager has successfully defended an injunction application that would have restrained him from external recruitment activity at his new employer, after providing "extensive undertakings" not to breach his contract. read more
An employer induced a new recruit to breach his employment contract by enticing a former colleague to join its business, a court has ruled in an important restraint dispute. read more
The recruitment industry is well-placed to take a "leadership position" and engage in proactive conversations with clients about vaccination policies, legal experts say. read more
Employers have less than two weeks to assess whether to offer permanent employment to their regular casual workforce, and it will be "very easy" to make mistakes when trying to comply with the new obligations, a lawyer says. read more
A former Chandler Macleod Group executive is suing the company and CEO Peter Acheson, alleging she was sacked after complaining about her workload. read more
Both recruitment leaders and consultants are showing a strong preference for staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but stop short of wanting mandatory policies, a rec-to-rec specialist says. Meanwhile new tech is enabling recruiters to keep track of their on-hire workers' vaccination status. read more
A labour hire company that started advertising an employee's role several weeks before informing her she was being removed at the client's request has failed to defend her unfair dismissal claim. read more
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